by Dave | Apr 12, 2018 | Construction, Native Animals, Native Birds, Native Plants, News From The Edge
This was the first water habitat we created when we got here, almost 2 years ago.
But the growth of trees and shrubs around it has made it harder and harder to see, and therefore harder to see the birds that visit.
by Shionagh | Aug 10, 2017 | Growing Food, Native Birds, Native Plants, News From The Edge, Off Grid Living, Organic Gardening, Shionagh's News, Sustainable Living, Weather
By our estimations, the house here at Arborlon was built about 20 years ago.We don’t know who built it, but as we’ve lived here now for two years, we’ve noticed how well they designed the aspects of the house to achieve natural heating and cooling. We have no need for heating or air-conditioning!
by Dave | Jul 25, 2017 | Bush Restoration, Native Birds, Native Plants, News From The Edge
Despite the cold nights, the weather lately has been sunny and warm. At times even hot. This seems to have brought out a large number of birds that we see daily, passing the deck or on our way around the property. While most of the regulars are here, we also seem to...
by Shionagh | Sep 29, 2016 | Erosion, Growing Food, News From The Edge, Off Grid Living, Organic Gardening, Shionagh's News, Sustainable Living
We’ve been here one year! As we look back at the first months of our first year, we realise that we only noticed the big stuff, the stuff that needed doing. One year later we are amazed at how much we missed of the spring that was blooming around us. In comparison,...
by Dave | Jun 11, 2016 | Native Birds, Native Plants, News From The Edge, Sustainable Living
As the bottom steps are now finished and the gardens in place was created a new water habitat on the Plot Level.
by Shionagh | Apr 29, 2016 | Native Birds, News From The Edge, Shionagh's News
We noticed the small birds in our backyard were searching for water, so we created a birdbath for them simply by turning an old plastic garbage bin lid upside down and placing it on a galvanized bin for support.
by Dave | Mar 13, 2016 | Native Animals, News From The Edge
We are incredibly fortunate to be often surrounded by birds in the trees that surround our house. They are beautiful, entertaining, a joy to listen to and fascinating to watch.
Here is just a snippet of what we saw and shot on this Sunday morning.
by Dave | Dec 22, 2015 | News From The Edge
The question is often asked – Is feeding Native Birds bad for them/unhealthy/dangerous?
This may answer your questions…..
by Shionagh | Nov 24, 2015 | News From The Edge
When we first arrived, we didn’t have much bird action. But soon we had a regular visit by a male king parrot. It didn’t take long before he was eating out of our hand. We have named him Charlie. It seems that once the birds noticed we were here they started to come...
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